South Receives National Athletic Trainers’ Association Safe Sports School Award

9/8/2017

Westerville South High School is the recipient of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Safe Sports School award for all its Westerville South athletic teams. The award champions safety and recognizes secondary schools that provide safe environments for student athletes, and reinforces the importance of providing the best level of care, injury prevention and treatment.

Josh DeVoll, Athletic Director at Westerville South, is honored to receive this 1st Team recognition from NATA, and remains focused on keeping student athletes safe during physical education classes, team practices and games so they can accomplish their own goals of great competition, winning records, fair sportsmanship and good health. “Our goal is to lead our athletics program to the highest safety standards for our players,” he said.

“We remain committed to the health and welfare of young athletes in competitive sports,” says NATA President Scott Sailor, EdD, ATC. “This award recognizes the contributions and commitment of schools across the country that are implementing safe sports policies and best practices to ensure athletes can do what they love best and have the appropriate care in place to prevent, manage and treat injuries should they occur.”

In order to achieve Safe Sport School status, as did Westerville South High School, athletic programs must do the following: